Bale-tie fastener.



,232. PATENTED FEB. 18, 1908.

E. YOUNG & J. J. SGHLIGHTER.

BALE TIEFASTENE'R.

APPLICATION FILED APB.27.1905.

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EDWARD YOUNG AND JOHN J. SOHLIOHTER, OF PORTSMOUTH, OHIO.

BALE-TIE FASTENER.

Specification of Letters Patent.

Patented Feb. 18, 1908.

Application filed April 27.1905. Serial No; 257.610.

To all whom it may concern:

Be it known that we, EDWARD YOUNG and JOHN J. SOHLIOHTER, citizens ofthe United States, residing at Portsmouth, in the county of Scioto,State of Ohio, have invented certain new and useful Improvements in BaleTie Fasteners; and we do hereby declare the following to be a full,clear, and exact description of the invention such as will enable othersskilled in the art to which it appertains to make and use the same.

This invention relates to bale tie fasteners, and has for its object toprovide a simple fastener of this class which is formed entirely of wireand which will firmly and securely grip the tie in connection with whichthe fastener is used.

In the accompanying drawings, Figure l is a perspective view of severalties embodied in my invention and connected with a bundle connectingdevice, Fig. 2 is a sectional view of one form of fastener, Fig. 3 is aperspective view of a modified form of fastener, and, Fig. 4 is a detailperspective view of the form of fastener illustrated in Fig. 2.

In the drawings there is shown a bundle connecting device A whichconsists of spring arms B and O formed by bending a length of resilientwire ap roximately at its middle. These two arms have a normal tendencyto separate and in order that they may be engaged with each other attheir free ends, the free end of the arm B is hooked as at D and it iswith this hook that the free end of the arm O is engageable for thepurpose stated.

An identification tag E is shown as engaged upon the arm B. The othertags F are carried by a bar G which is substantially of the sameconstruction as the member A suitable piece of wire which is bentapproximately at its middle to form a helix 5 including two convolutions6 and 7 and beyond the are turned oppositely to form registering V eyesy and a.

In use, one end of the tie I is connected with the eyes y and a andafter being passed around the package H the tie is passed through theconvolution w in such a way that the portion of the tie which liesbetween this convolution and its free end may be engaged between theconvolutions 6 and 7, as

clearly shown in Fig. 1, the tie being also wedged between theconvolutions w and 7.

In Fig. 3 of the drawings, there is shown a slightly modified form ofthe tie which is substantially the same-as the form just describedexcept for the fact that three convolutions 5 are provided whichcorrespond to the convolutions 5 of the preceding form and theconvolutions to which correspond to the convolution w of the firstdescribed form is slightly offset, as clearly shown. In this figureparts corresponding to parts in Figs. 1, 2, and 4, are indicated by thesame reference characters primed.

What is claimed is:

The combination with a tie, of a fastener formed of a single piece ofwire bent upon itself adjacent its middle to form the helix 5 having thetwo convolutions 6 and 7 and having one of its arms beyond the helixbent upon itself to form the loop W which lies adjacent the helix, thesaid arms beyond the loop being twisted in opposite directions and inposition to lie against each other to mutuallyform an eye, substantiallyas described.

In testimony whereof, we aflix our signatures, in presence of twowitnesses.

EDWARD YOUNG. JOHN J. SOHLIOHTER. Witnesses J osnrn T. KoUN'rz, SALINAMILLER.

